ORLANDO, Fla. – It’s already been a week into the new year, and state officials have revealed which parts of Florida were most affected by fatal car crashes in 2025.
According to state data, there were over 358,000 crashes statewide last year — a figure that has been steadily dropping since 2021 — with nearly 3,000 of those crashes being fatal.
While state data shows that Miami-Dade County saw the greatest number of fatal crashes in 2025 (259 in total), it was far from the deadliest overall.
When factoring in population size, the deadliest turned out to be Hamilton County, which saw a greater ratio of crashes.
In fact, the 10 deadliest Florida counties for car crashes last year were as follows:
Deadliest RankCountyFatal CrashesNumber of fatal crashes per 10K residents1Hamilton139.442Lafayette78.533Glades75.514Suwannee224.795Levy194.136Dixie74.017Columbia293.988Gadsden173.819Franklin53.7810Jefferson53.20
Central Florida didn’t manage to break the top 10 for deadliest counties this time around. The closest was Marion County, with roughly 1.89 fatal crashes per 10,000 residents.
However, one Central Florida county actually ranked as the safest area of the state: Seminole County.
Safest RankCountyFatal CrashesNumber of fatal crashes per 10K residents1Seminole280.572Collier270.663Sarasota340.724Leon220.725Santa Rosa170.816Pinellas890.917Manatee420.928Miami-Dade2590.939Clay220.9310Palm Beach1450.93
For Central Florida alone, the data breaks down as follows:
BREVARD COUNTY — 43rd deadliest statewide
FLAGLER COUNTY — 42nd deadliest statewide
LAKE COUNTY — 31st deadliest statewide
MARION COUNTY — 26th deadliest statewide
ORANGE COUNTY — 53rd deadliest statewide
OSCEOLA COUNTY — 51st deadliest statewide
POLK COUNTY — 49th deadliest statewide
SEMINOLE COUNTY — Safest statewide
SUMTER COUNTY — 30th deadliest statewide
VOLUSIA COUNTY — 32nd deadliest statewide
*County population estimates taken from 2024 FLDOH data
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